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The greatest story ever sold : the decline and fall of truth from 9/11 to Katrina / Frank Rich.

Title: The greatest story ever sold : the decline and fall of truth from 9/11 to Katrina / Frank Rich.
Author: Rich, Frank
Publication: New York : Penguin Press, 2006.

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Description

341 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

Reveals the spin campaign of the Bush administration that the author contends enabled the support of a war against a non-September 11 enemy, furthered conservative agendas, and consolidated presidential power.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-328) and index

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1 (Making the sale) : Home to the heartland -- Dead or alive -- I don't think anybody could have predicted ... -- You don't introduce new products in August -- Mission accomplished ; Pt. 2 (Buyer's remorse) : We found the weapons of mass destruction -- Slam dunk -- Reporting for duty -- When we act, we create our own reality -- I don't think anybody anticipated ... -- Epilogue: The greatest story every sold -- Appendix: What the White House knew and when it knew it : time lines of the selling of the war.

ISBN

159420098X (hbk.)
9781594200984

LCCN

^^2006050309
9781594200984

OCLC

70836806
SCSB-10285451

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Harvard Library